2024 HSC Chat (41 Viewers)

[thelittlepotatofrog]

it would have been nice if the exams started a week after school went back tbh

 

[thelittlepotatofrog]

if a piece of analysis in an English essay for 1984 is factually wrong (apart from the technique) do u think the marker will notice

like if the effect the quote has is wrong but the analysis is right do u think that is an issue

 

[sainzsgf]

i think if you explain your point well enough, you can make any quote have any effect, just make it appear to the marker that you know your shit and it is in fact correct

 

[carrotsss]

could you explain why cause my teachers keep saying that you can get scaled down if you dont hit the breakeven point

it is genuinely just straight up 100% not a thing. some random tutoring centre made it up and it’s spread a ton but there’s no basis nor any sense in it as a concept. just ignore all of it, the better you do in your exams the better your marks and ATAR will be

the way scaling actually works is that UAC forms a model for scaling based on the subject’s entire state cohort in english (and I believe the lower versions of the subject like maths ext 2 -> maths ext 1 where applicable) and then uses this model to convert your raw mark to a scaled mark. that’s it

 

[thelittlepotatofrog]

guys is 1100 words in 52 minutes reasonable or am I a really slow writer? I just timed myself doing a T.S. Eliot essay

I like to have all my essays at 950 words or under, so it might be good if you can cut down bc you wont really be getting any faster from now

 

[carrotsss]

guys is 1100 words in 52 minutes reasonable or am I a really slow writer? I just timed myself doing a T.S. Eliot essay

that’s fine

 

[thelittlepotatofrog]

how am i supposed to memorise like 6 essays in 4 days omg

write them out 1 mill times, record them and listen to them while you exercise, do day to day stuff and sleep (if you think you could do that one) writing stuff out over and over is like the best way to memorise stuff

 

[rosieohposie]

i'm still not over not getting an image in the eng adv paper one last year i was so prepared to analyse an image to death and then i got in there and no image. i was so sad.

 

[K2Trappy]

i'm still not over not getting an image in the eng adv paper one last year i was so prepared to analyse an image to death and then i got in there and no image. i was so sad.

wait wtf how is half ur hsc last year and half this year can u accelerate 6 units tf

 

[e8zks]

how am i supposed to memorise like 6 essays in 4 days omg

preach

 

[rosieohposie]

wait wtf how is half ur hsc last year and half this year can u accelerate 6 units tf

compressed curriculum hsc delivery here's what nesa says because they're better an explaining it than me lol

"In a compressed delivery model, students complete the Preliminary and HSC courses for a subject within one year before doing their HSC exams."

"Where all courses are compressed, students typically do three subjects in Year 11 and another three subjects in Year 12. They sit HSC exams at the end of Years 11 and 12 for the subjects studied in those years."

so basically last year i did both the prelim and hsc courses for eng adv, modern, and maths standard 2 and did the hsc exams for them. and this year i did the same for ext eng, cafs, and investigating science (i also did ancient in prelim, but i dropped it, not sorry)

 

[Risze]

how are you guys going with studying for english? I've done 5 short answer Qs in the past 3 days

 

[katiekms]

compressed curriculum hsc delivery here's what nesa says because they're better an explaining it than me lol

"In a compressed delivery model, students complete the Preliminary and HSC courses for a subject within one year before doing their HSC exams."

"Where all courses are compressed, students typically do three subjects in Year 11 and another three subjects in Year 12. They sit HSC exams at the end of Years 11 and 12 for the subjects studied in those years."

so basically last year i did both the prelim and hsc courses for eng adv, modern, and maths standard 2 and did the hsc exams for them. and this year i did the same for ext eng, cafs, and investigating science (i also did ancient in prelim, but i dropped it, not sorry)

that sounds so good, obv its too late for me, but would you recommend?

 

[dinfarmanshad2222]

should i kms or should i kms

 

[saltedparsley]

got casper results today, anyone else? idk if mine are competitive enough for my course

 

[sanarysurmer]

should i kms or should i kms

ill do it with you at this point

 

[hihglightermmmm]

ill do it with you at this point

Same not same but same

 

[flyawaykay]

does anyone have access to the CSSA modern history trial, if so could you please share the essay questions for russia/conflict in europe, thank you!!

 

[earlgreyteawithmilkfoam]

does anyone have access to the CSSA modern history trial, if so could you please share the essay questions for russia/conflict in europe, thank you!!

me asw if anyone has it (esp the qs for civil rights + Indochina + russia)

 

[radioheadfan42]

Guys, its it weird that im not stressed at all? I feel really…odd…about that. Like i havent studied as much but, im ok with it? Like i feel calm? ITS FREAKING ME OUT? I feel like i should feel more scared but i genuinely dont, i just feel like im doing prelims or trials. Its so weird. Anyone else?